Chenyang Zhou

email: zhouchenyang827@gmail.com website: https://zhouchenyang827.wixsite.com/artblog

The themes of my work revolve around mental health issues and cat culture because it touches on the struggles of so many people including myself. I have gained a lot of inspiration and discussion of my own problems through my own mental health problems. I can judge the degree of my mental health at this time through the works I create at that moment. I think this kind of artwork can better make people face up to their inner problems and open their hearts to positive discussions, and to solve problems through art. At the same time, I also have a strong passion for cat art creation or cat-themed paintings. I have to admit that cats have a very significant positive impact on my mental health, because I am from China and I studied and learned about cats in the UK I found many interesting places in the process of culture. I am also very keen to explore the cultural differences between China and the West.

Dissertation Title

Evaluate how cultural conceptions and painting styles of Chinese and western countries influence cat art creations in a globalised world.

Fine Art at Sunderland

Fine Art has been studied in Sunderland since the 1860s. This long tradition gives the programme a rich inheritance and association with the proud history of art educationin the UK. The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art has a fifty year history in Sunderland and has recently opened in a brand new space in the University. The a-n Artists’ information company started in Sunderland as The Artist’s Newsletter, more commonly known as “an magazine”.

The University of Sunderland was one of the pioneers of Practiceled PhDs in the UK, with a strong cohort of art and design Phd students who are today creating new knowledge and ways of thinking for contemporary practice. Previous Lecturers and Alumni include Robin Crozier – the internationally recognized Visual Poet and Mail Artist, the nominated Turner Prize Fine Art graduate, photographer Richard Billingham, renowned sculptor and Emeritus Professor of Fine Art Eric Bainbridge and the painter Virginia Bodman.

The current Fine Art staff have a wealth of national and international exhibiting professional practice and subject expertise, which includes the painter Lothar Goetz, Associate Professor and Reader in Fine Art and Professor Mike Collier artist and curator, mixed media artist James Hutchinson, painter and facilitator Natalie Gale, curator and researcher Suzy O’Hara and sculptor and art publisher Ralf Broeg.

Ranked 6th in the UK: 89.7% of our published research in Art & Design: History, Practice & Theory has been rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.

BA (Hons) Fine Art

The BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree at the University of Sunderland has a rich inheritance and association with the proud history of art education in the UK. Subjects include: painting, sculpture, printmaking, digital photography, film, video, sound, drawing, 2D & 3D digital, performance and art history, delivered in generoussized individual studios and state of the art workshops. The aim of the course is to support and help develop students’ individual practices, so as graduates they can find their place in society with knowledge, experience and confidence, equipped with the skills required to succeed as artists in the 21st century.

www.sunderland.ac.uk/study/art-design/undergraduate-fine-art/

MA Visual Practice_Contemporary Fine Art

Work alongside a diverse range of established artists, theorists, writers, curators and specialist technicians to develop your practice and professional career and you’ll meet, share practice and collaborate with staff and peers from a variety of disciplines as part of the MA Visual Practice community.

Oct 2023 - Next start date www.sunderland.ac.uk/study/art-design/postgraduate-visual-practice/

Contact us:

James Hutchinson (Fine Art Programme Leader) j.a.hutchinson@sunderland.ac.uk

BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree Shows 2023

10 June – 16 June (closed on Sunday)

Monday-Friday 10am-5pm

Saturday 10 June 10am-3pm

The shows will be situated in our galleries and studio spaces across three floors of the building so there will be lots of great work to see.

Priestman Building

6 Green Terrace, Sunderland

SR1 3PZ

Acknowledgements

Creative direction and concept Fine Art Team.

The 2023 Fine Art graduates wish to thank all staff involved with the Fine Art Programme, for their help, support and encouragement:

Graham Bowes, Ralf Broeg, Mike Collier, Natalie Gale, Hannah Gawne, Lothar Goetz, Rob Hunt, James Hutchinson, Craig Knowles, Fiona Larkin, Caroline Mckay, Graham Mitchinson, Suzy O’Hara, Suzie Williams

Fonts: Akkurat Pro & Akkurat Light Pro

Paper: Revive 100 Offset (135/300 gsm, 100% recycled)

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